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Successful Assistants Combine Left and Right Brain Thinking

Office Dynamics

I still teach Adminology in our World Class Assistant™ certification and designation course because it never changes. Let’s take for example the task of meeting planning or calendaring for your executive. To achieve your best results, you would schedule meetings or appointments for your executive using both sides of the brain.

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

Office Dynamics

They feel they have been managing calendars or planning meetings forever so why pay attention. For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications.

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Just a secretary.

Laughing all the Way to Work

Another time I wanted to try a career in the travel business. I love the planning, organizing and running around that goes into bringing a conference from a thought to a successful event. I am sure I could have done well as I have learned nearly everything there is to know about getting someone from point A to point B.

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Laughing All the Way to Work: A Survival Blog for Today's.

Laughing all the Way to Work

I printed his e-ticket and had everything prepared for his travel. Linda (our travel agent) was obviously having a bad day. Years ago, when I worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), I took a training course on a Telex machine. During a break in the class, I was sitting at my assigned Telex and it started typing.

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Experience vs. a university degree part two

Practically Perfect PA

Obtaining funds from work to complete training in the current environment is difficult. Yes, Outlook Training and Training in Supporting a University Committee. To be effective in any position you need to be on the forefront of technology and systems use so I have attended many training courses for software and technology.

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